‘wednesday news | June 6, 1984 Newsroom 985-2131 SENTINEL WORK ACTIVITY PROJECT Alternative to high school diploma SECTION FASHION - FOOD TRAVEL IT HASN’T always been easy for them, so the stu-_— district. clothes, knitting, objects or school, or they may apply ferent and you don’t have a dents attending Sentinel Work Activity Project on At an open house Thurs- made of dough, weaving and for themselves. They are of pressure,’’ Jim said. the North Shore chose the program as an alter- day in West Vancouver, the paintings. screened by a committee of ‘‘For P.E. we can go bike native to regular post-secondary school. The special school offers students had a chance to show the results of their hard The most crowded room featured the food. The educators from West and a representative from the Van riding or bowling. We dan’t have to jog every day. We work. students spared no effort in Department of Human_ can work all day on social students a_ less structured Tables displaying text- displaying their culinary Resources. studies ifwe want. We don’t route to a grade 12 certi- books and samples of skills and they circulated The program is open to all have to work on what the ficate, with more emphasis other form of education than students’ work were dis- among the guests, serving West Vancouver students. teacher tells us to do.’’ on vocational training and the regular school system,’’ played in one roam, along © snacks. ‘‘They can enter any time One thing Jim was very practical skills. says Len Compton, co-_ with scrapbooks full of pic- There are 20 students each during the year and exit any enthusiastic about: ‘‘No “‘It is an educational re- ordinator of the Career tures of student activities. In in the boys program and girls time during the year, when tests.’’ Students do not habilitative program, for Development program for another room were crafts program. Compton said they they finish their grade 12,’’ receive letter grades in the students who need some West Vancouver School made by the students: art referred by their parents Compton said. program. When the course Sewer, py The certificate they receive is non-academic, so a student must upgrade at a com- munity college before atten- ding university. Head teacher Wendy Gregg, at the girls school says the students have a regular curriculum, but they choose what subjects they want to work on each day. work is completed, they receive a pass mark. They can obtain credit for jobs outside the school, as well, whether volunteer or paid. The program at the boys school is very work-oriented. ‘‘Our program runs half academic and half shop work,”’ said head teacher Ray Scullard. ‘‘We just Although they have the finished a truck canopy and same curriculum and hours we've repaired a boat. We’re as a regular secohdary putting real projects into school, there the similarity stops. ‘It’s a lot like a family,’’ Gregg said. ‘‘The kids all get pretty close in the course of a year.’’ * Nellie Jim has been a their hands and try to treat it as much like work as we can,” Scullard said. ao The boys also participate in a salmon-enhancement project. ‘‘We take them from the hatchery and put them S.W.A.P. student since out in incubation boxes in of Mystery = September of last year. She Rogers Creek and Nelson SiS pee rps ew hopes to graduate m June of | Creek. That has to be tended = 1985. every day,’’ Scullard “LT love it because it’s dif- explained. NEWS photo lan Smith FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL! 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